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Charlotte Niekamp

Farmer


Main focus: climate crisis & agriculture

Website/blog: https://krautblueten.wordpress.com/

Languages: German, English, French

City: Verden

State: Lower Saxony

Country: Germany

Topics: social movements, villages, rural life, agriculture, climate, climate change, climate justice

Services: Talk, Moderation, Workshop management, Consulting, Coaching, Interview

  Willing to travel for an event.

Bio:

Charlotte Niekamp is a peasant farmer and market gardener from Niedersachsen, Germany. She studied landscape ecology, has conducted research on drought related problems in agriculture and conservation, and has published on the dependance of the food system on fossil fuels. Charlotte Niekamp has been active in the climate justice movement for over ten years with a focus on community organizing and public relations. She is advocating for farmers' rights and the recognition of the importance of peasant agriculture for social and ecological justice.

Charlotte is a member of the municipal council and of the PR collective "wort.wechsel". She is a part of local as well as nationwide organizing efforts in the areas of climate justice, peasant rights, and diversity in rural areas, and has a strong interest in reviewing the strategies of current social movements.

Examples of previous talks / appearances:

Podiumsdiskussion "Our Food Our Future"

Input, Diskussion und Beratung zur Kampagne #GoEAThical für Slow Food Youth mit Dr. Gilles Reckinger, Dr. Nina Szogs, Dr. Benjamin Schraven; Online-Podium, November 2020

This talk is in: German
Vortrag "Land in Sicht"

Vortrag zu einer bäuerliche Perspektive auf die Landwirtschaft und wie wir das heutige Ernährungssystem überwinden, Projekt Finchel, Flensburg, Mai 2022

This talk is in: German
Zukunft für alle – Die Zukunft des Ernährungssystems

Interview zur Zukunft des Ernährungssystems im Rahmen des Projekts "Zukunft für alle" des Konzeptwerks für Neue Ökonomie, November 2019

This talk is in: German
Podiumsdiskussion "Gesellschaft gerechter gestalten – aber wie?"

Inputs zur sozial-ökologischen Transformation und Diskussion mit Dennis Eversberg (DFG-Kolleg Postwachstum Uni Jena) und Brototi Roy (Research & Degrowth / Degrowth India), moderiert von Nina Treu (Konzeptwerk für Neue Ökonomie) im Rahmen der Degrowth Sommerschule 2018 auf dem Klimacamp Leipziger Land, Pödelwitz

This talk is in: German
Beziehungen der Klimagerechtigkeit

Gemeinsamer Vortrag mit Mai-Britt Ruff für die Jour-Fixe Initiative Berlin in der Veranstaltungsreihe "...und nicht vergessen: Solidarität" am 05.05.2019

This talk is in: German
Input: Caring for Peasantry

Input and panel discussion for the session "Transforming Food Systems" at Leverage Points 2019: International conference on sustainability research and transformation, Lüneburg, Germany, 6 - 8 February 2019

This talk is in: English
Atélier: Les outils du changement

Soirée avec mini-conférences et discussions autour l'organisation collective, communication et stratégies pour faire avancer collectivement la transition écologique, à Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France

This talk is in: French
Bis zum letzten Tropfen Öl?

Gemeinsamer Vortrag mit Nikos Saul und Diskussionsrunde zu neuen Erdölförderstandorten in Scheeßel, Niedersachsen am 10.01.2014 und Buchvorstellung "Peak Oil – Die Herausforderung lokaler Erdölabhängigkeit am Beispiel Münster", Niekamp et al, Münster 2013

This talk is in: German